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      • Wheeler, who made her Friends debut in 1994 and starred on the series until 2004, said she auditioned for the role after getting fired from Ellen DeGeneres ' show, Ellen.
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  2. Sep 17, 2020 · The 59-year-old actress was part of the Friends -sphere from its very first season until the last, dipping in and out as Chandler Bing’s (Matthew Perry) love interest, Janice Hosenstein. It turns out that her nasally voice (which is all voice acting) was entirely Wheeler’s idea.

  3. Sep 22, 2022 · Maggie Wheeler said she was empowered to do what she wanted during her Friends audition after she was fired from Ellen, telling Australia's The Morning Show that the idea to...

  4. Oct 20, 2023 · During the "Game Changers With Vicki Abelson" interview, Maggie Wheeler clarified she did not have her "Friends" character's somewhat abrasive laugh down until she arrived at the...

  5. Apr 21, 2020 · Contrary to popular belief, Maggie Wheeler apparently did not originally audition for the role of Monica (played by Courteney Cox) on Friends.

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    Maggie Wheeler played Janice Litman-Goralnik, a recurring character who was a frequent love interest of Chandler Bing. She auditioned for the role of Monica Geller on Friends; although she did not land that role, she was offered a recurring role.

    Margaret Emily "Maggie" Wheeler (née Jakobson; born August 7, 1961) is an American actress.

    In the 1980s, Wheeler (under her maiden name of Jakobson) briefly dabbled in voice acting on the animated series Silverhawks, where she provided all the female voices, specifically the high pitched villainess Melodia and the steadfast heroine Steelheart/Emily Hart.

    She auditioned for the role of Debra Barone in the American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Although she was the producers' choice, CBS ended up selecting Patricia Heaton. Instead, Wheeler played the recurring role of Debra's friend, Linda.

    She had a star billing in the first season of Ellen. She appeared on the hit comedy Seinfeld as one of Elaine's friends who is set up with George. She has appeared in many other TV roles, including Drake & Josh, ER, The X Files, The War at Home, Will & Grace, Jack and Jill, How I Met Your Mother and

    In 1998, she appeared in the remake of Disney's The Parent Trap, playing the younger of a mother-daughter pair of camp counselors.

    She was David Duchovny's long-time girlfriend, before he married Tea Leoni.

    She and her husband Daniel Wheeler have two daughters.

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  6. After she became Maggie Wheeler, it was rumored that she auditioned for the role of Monica Geller in Friends. She denied this in an interview, stating that she only auditioned for the role of Janice Goralnik, which she was invited to play. [4]

  7. May 27, 2021 · On "Friends," Maggie Wheeler's character, Janice, was definitely entertaining, and she appeared throughout most seasons of the show. But even in some smaller roles, Wheeler still found success. One example: Wheeler played Ophelia on "Californication" in 2013.